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.PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP
20 interview questions every teacher must be able to answer
We Are Teachers
Job interviews are exciting (we swear) even if a lot of them are now taking place via Zoom! Interviews are a time for new opportunities, new colleagues and new challenges that will change your career path. No pressure, right? Here's one way to be sure you'll nail it: Prepare your answers to some common teacher interview questions before you get in front of your future principal.
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More teachers are asked to double up, instructing kids at school and at home simultaneously
The Washington Post
With third grade back in the building, Meghan Foster was teaching math one recent morning to two classes at once: 14 students who filled her classroom on Maryland's Eastern Shore and another six children logging in from laptops at home. To make it work, the veteran teacher from Caroline County used a desktop computer, a laptop and a document camera, adjusting for glitches as she went along. She strove to meld the in-person with the virtual, to strike a balance between children who are near and far.
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Understanding COVID-19-era enrollment drops among early-grade public school students
The Brookings Institution
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted schooling nationwide, raising serious concerns about the impact of the pandemic on children's learning, the ways online learning may be exacerbating racial inequities, and the need to balance the strong desire for in-person learning with the risks posed by the pandemic. To date, these debates have centered around the experiences of children still enrolled in public schools, either remotely or in-person. Relatively less has been written about the experiences of the "missing children" — those who have not enrolled in public school at all.
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Most teen bullying occurs among peers climbing the social ladder
University of California - Davis via Science Daily
Teens who bully, harass, or otherwise victimize their peers are not always lashing out in reaction to psychological problems or unhealthy home environments, but are often using aggression strategically to climb their school's social hierarchy, a University of California, Davis, study suggests. These findings point to the reasons why most anti-bullying programs don't work and suggest possible strategies for the future.
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7 ways to give support without prolonging incompetence
Leadership Freak (commentary)
"We raised our children to stand on their own two feet. That means we didn't do things for them that they could do for themselves. I forget how young Mindy was when she asked me to call the library for her. She didn't like it, but I told her to call herself."
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How to stay optimistic (when everything is awful)
Harvard Business Review
These are trying times for optimists. COVID deaths remain tragically high. Job growth remains stubbornly low. So many of our colleagues and kids are feeling stressed, exhausted, angry — "hitting the pandemic wall." No wonder a recent front-page article in the Wall Street Journal, which has chronicled the Covid-driven struggles of companies and universities, highlighted a crisis at a different kind of organization — Optimist International, a 110-year-old club with chapters around the world.
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How to cultivate confidence as a leader
Entrepreneur
Confidence is one of your most important qualities as a leader. If you exhibit confidence, the rest of your team will have more faith in your decisions. They'll be more likely to respect you and hear what you have to say. Additionally, you'll be able to carry your confidence into negotiations, team meetings, client meetings and other interactions, ultimately giving you a tactical advantage.
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Leaders: Are you ready for a purpose-led future?
The Lead Change Group (commentary)
Julia Felton, a contributor for The Lead Change Group, writes: "One thing I have noticed over the last year since the start of the pandemic is how many people have started to re-evaluate and re-discover their personal purpose. Many people, having time on their hands, as the world has 'stopped' have had the space to reflect on their lives and how they are living. Many people have discovered they no longer wish to continue to commute 2 hours to work each day. People have enjoyed flexible work schedules as the rule book has been thrown out the window, making life changes that once seemed impossible now seem a real reality."
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Looking inward can make you a better leader
Entrepreneur (commentary)
Alexi Robichaux, a contributor for Entrepreneur, writes: "If I asked you to make a list of all the things you need to do for your job, what would be on it? No doubt you would include key projects, internal and external communication, goal setting and strategy, recruiting and mentoring. All of those are essential aspects of leadership, of course, but they leave out an equally important side of your job — inner work. Inner work can be defined as mental acts or activities focused in your inner world to achieve a purpose or result."
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Leaders, if you're feeling checked out, you're not alone
Fast Company (commentary)
Ben Crudo, a contributor for Fast Company, writes: "I started a company determined not to be 'that boss.' I wanted to work with people I actually knew and cared about, and I wanted them to be happy in return. Unlike some of the cold, clueless managers I had over the years, I intended to be there for my team — tuned into their challenges and committed to building something together."
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.EDUCATION POLICY
Why a Biden stimulus probably won't make schools compete for cash
Chalkbeat
Tucked inside Joe Biden's $130 billion proposal to help K-12 schools deal with the pandemic was an intriguing — and, apparently to some, alarming — tidbit. A pot of money would be reserved for "Educational Equity Challenge" grants, according to a fact sheet circulated by Biden's transition team. Details were scant, but it looked to be a program where states and districts could compete for funding to respond to challenges related to the pandemic.
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More lawmakers are leading efforts to reopen some schools by statute — And not just in red states
The 74
As the state approaches the one-year anniversary of its first COVID-related school closures, lawmakers in North Carolina have taken the dramatic step of passing legislation this month that would require districts to offer some version of in-person learning. The proposal now sits on the desk of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who has found fault with its language but not yet announced whether he will sign it. The episode is the latest public health dispute between a popular governor, reelected only last November, and a Republican legislature that has sought to curb his authority since he first took office.
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.SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY
MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Balancing ed tech and digital equity during COVID-19 recovery
By Sheilamary Koch
 Last year's epic move to online learning gave educators tangible evidence of how technology can enhance education — and where it falls short. Edtech solutions are expected to remain front and center even as schools transition back to in-person classes. And while the discussion involves the ins and outs of top education technology offerings, it goes much deeper to include issues of identity and student empowerment.
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Avoiding the pitfalls of remote classroom compliance
eSchool News
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped education compliance, both in K-12 and higher education. As classes went fully online, it has become incredibly difficult for school IT administrators and teachers to keep track of all the elements of compliance. From the cybersecurity of students' and teachers personal devices used for lecturing, the monitoring of various communication channels, to preserving all the business records, which are in themselves an ever-evolving topic, the past year has been quite a challenge for legal and compliance professionals working in schools, as well as teachers, school tech teams and administration.
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5 strategies to get the most for your used Apple devices
eSchool News
When school districts refresh their fleet of used Apple devices, they often sell back those used devices to a buyback company. These companies decide what they will pay for a device based predominantly on the age and condition of devices. However, there are several steps that districts can take to boost the payout of most devices — even those that are badly damaged.
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go makes remote learning more reasonable
EdTech Magazine
When students' primary source for learning and enlightenment is a computer, having a device that is powerful, portable and flexible is essential. A good laptop not only provides traditional educational benefits, such as running core educational programs and providing a platform to access the internet, but also empowers meaningful distance learning by supporting powerful remote collaboration tools.
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Identity verification has become a pandemic-era imperative
eSchool News
Practically overnight, the global pandemic crumpled up traditional education models and tossed them into the wastebasket. Schools around the world were forced to reinvent their infrastructure in real time and to persevere through one of the most urgent, drastic and important pivots of any sector. With roughly 1.4 billion children across 186 countries facing pandemic-related school closures, there was no precedent for a disruption of this magnitude — and no readily-available Plan B.
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Best Google Earth tips and tricks for teaching
Tech & Learning
The best Google Earth tips and tricks for teaching can help turn a classroom, or remote learning experience, into a mind-expanding trip limited only by imagination. A big statement for a free online tool, indeed. Google Earth has been growing and developing for years and, as a result, is now more powerful yet easier to use than ever. It also has more tools that work with it so teachers can offer lots of learning experiences beyond geographic exploration alone.
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Here's what helps — And hinders — K-12 innovation
eSchool News
A personalized, learner-centered educational experience is one of the main drivers of K-12 innovation and extraordinary student outcomes, according to CoSN's annual innovation survey. The survey includes three categories: accelerators that pave the way for teaching and learning innovation in schools, hurdles that hinder it, and tech enablers are tools that districts can leverage to surmount hurdles and embrace accelerators.
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.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
How some mistakes can be generative for teachers and students alike
MindShift
With all of the papers, homework and tests that cross a teacher's desk, you'd think that a healthy relationship to mistake-making would come easy, but it's not that simple. Messing up does not come naturally for most people, especially teachers who are constantly under the scrutiny of students, guardians, colleagues and administrators. And because teachers are tasked with making an estimated 3,000 non-trivial decisions everyday, it makes sense that some of those decisions will end up being mistakes.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
6 strategies for integrating arts-based learning into any subject
By Ginger Abbot
 Children instinctively take to activities like pantomime and sculpting things out of clay. Arts-based learning takes advantage of their natural tendencies to make the most of their creativity. However, when it comes to how to integrate arts into other subjects, teachers sometimes overlook the power of such activities. Here are six strategies for arts integration in education to add to your lesson plans today.
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How to co-teach when you're not even there
MiddleWeb (commentary)
Tan Huynh, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "In the business world there is something called the smallest viable product. Think of Amazon when they started. Their smallest viable product was books. Now look at how they have grown to be the shopping mall for millions. In co-planning, I also think in terms of the smallest viable deliverables. In this case, deliverables are those things I must identify or co-create with my content area teacher colleagues as part of our co-planning sessions."
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Focus on the positive to improve classroom behavior
University of Missouri-Columbia via Science Daily
When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior. However, new research from the University of Missouri found that offering students more positive encouragement not only reduces disruptive classroom behavior, but can improve students' academic and social outcomes.
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Preschoolers losing learning opportunities in pandemic
THE Journal
K-12 students aren't the only ones who have experienced learning loss due to the pandemic. According to new research, children ages 3 to 5 have also lost important learning opportunities over the last year. Preschool enrollment rates were down nearly a quarter across the country, and in-person education decreased even more. There was also a sharp decline in parent at-home support for book reading and other learning activities, and parents reported higher-than-normal rates of mental health problems for their young children.
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Help students make the most of interviews
MiddleWeb
Asking our students to interview someone sounds like an engaging learning activity, right? For many students, though, this may be a daunting experience, and while they may enjoy the break from traditional modes of learning like reading, writing and classroom discussions, they may not actually learn that much.
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.EDUCATION RESEARCH
Young people struggle to keep friends close as pandemic pulls them apart
NPR
Emma Fritschel, 25, and Evelyn Wang, 23, met on the first day of their freshman year as roommates almost six years ago and have been inseparable ever since. But then the COVID-19 pandemic strained their relationship in ways they had never before experienced. "Things were really tense between us for reasons that we both kind of came up with in our heads," Wang says. At the heart of it, they were both struggling with communication.
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.IN THE STATES
Improving accountability for English learners in California
Language Magazine
Californians Together, a statewide education advocacy coalition, has introduced a new framework for accountability focused on the needs of English learner students in California with the support of 20 organizations, including Advancement Project California, California Association for Bilingual Education, Education Trust-West, Sobrato Early Academic Language, and Unidos US. The Accountability System English Learners Deserve: Framework for An Effective and Coherent Accountability System for ELs, examines the state's current system, identifies areas of improvement, sets aspirational goals for what a structure that is transparent and honest about EL needs could achieve, and outlines steps to build a framework that supports all levels of the state's educational system and moves toward a more equitable and assets-oriented approach.
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.ASSOCIATION NEWS
5 themes in education policy and advocacy
NAESP
During the 2021 virtual National Leaders Conference, education and policy experts discussed the future of K-12 education under a new administration and the impact of COVID-19 on state and local budgets. What emerged from these conversations were trends in education that have been amplified by a global pandemic and are likely to have impacts far beyond this school year.
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Trials of a first-year principal: Preparing for the unknown
NAESP
Texas was recently hit with a winter storm, the likes of which have rarely before been seen in our part of the country. My school district, like many others, shut down for a week as the winter blast caused major electrical and water outages and brought roadways to a snow-packed halt throughout most of the state. This event, layered on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, became another potential setback in supporting our learners. While we may not know the next critical event on the horizon, we can be prepared when crisis strikes.
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